Sunrun and BGE Operate Nation’s First Residential Vehicle-To-Grid Distributed Power Plant Using Ford F-150 Lightning Trucks

Partnership with Sunrun, BGE, and Ford advances to vehicle-to-grid dispatch, showing how electric vehicles can help power America as electricity peak demand sets new records

SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 24, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN), America’s largest provider of home battery storage, solar, and home-to-grid power plants, has activated the nation’s first residential vehicle-to-grid distributed power plant in partnership with Maryland’s largest utility, Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (BGE), a subsidiary of Exelon Corporation (Nasdaq: EXC). The pilot program is dispatching energy from customers’ all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning trucks to the grid during periods of peak demand this summer and fall.

The BGE and Sunrun partnership launched last summer with vehicle-to-home capability, and this summer the program advanced to the next step: pioneering vehicle-to-grid energy dispatch, becoming the nation’s first residential bidirectional electric vehicle distributed power plant. Sunrun created and administers the program, which includes three customers using Ford and Sunrun’s co-developed Home Integration System to send energy from their F-150 Lightning trucks’ batteries to their homes and the grid.

“This demonstrates the critical role that vehicle batteries can play in powering the nation’s grid, accelerating American energy independence and dominance. It’s great to see our partnership with BGE and Ford move to this commercial stage,” said Sunrun CEO Mary Powell. “In addition to showing how electric vehicles can power homes, add electrons to the grid, and help utilities meet peak electricity demand, this program also creates extra income opportunities for customers.”

Starting in July, the enrolled F-150 Lightning trucks dispatched energy to the grid between the hours of 5 p.m. and 9 p.m. on weekdays, earning participating customers a payment based on the amount of energy shared—up to a maximum of $1,000 for the dispatching season that goes through the end of September.

“Vehicle-to-grid technology lets electric vehicles do more than just drive—they can actually help power our homes and communities,” said Divesh Gupta, Director of Clean Energy Solutions at BGE. “By sharing stored energy with the grid when it is needed most, these vehicles make our energy system more reliable, more efficient, and even help lower electricity costs for customers.”